Check here for my weekly lesson plans.

Science lesson plans WILL change (that's teaching!). If your student is absent, be sure to have him/her check my lesson plans daily for any changes or updates.

This is a great way for students to view any work they might miss while they are gone and create a plan to get this work turned in either before or after their absence.

Let me know if you have any questions!

What's happening in our classroom this month? Check here for weekly updates, school news, announcements and photos of the inner workings of our science classroom!

Announcements

No school December 23rd-January 1st -- Have a wonderful and safe holiday break!

If your student is participating in online learning or on-campus learning, fear not! Google Classroom is a free and user friendly online forum that students use throughout the science year.

I will be posting resources, announcements, labs, activities, assignments by week date. Students will be able to go in and view weekly assignments, work at their own pace. collaborate with their peers, and receive one-on-one guidance from me!

Here are the Google Classroom codes for this year's 6th grade science with Miss Matthews:

• Science A: class code- cw3tfcq

• Science B: class code- xeolcuy

Reminder! Google Classroom is considered our classroom; please conduct yourselves appropriately and respectfully!

What's happening in today's world of science?

"Ancestral Puebloans melted ice in lava tubes during desert droughts"

"An enormous supervolcano may be hiding under Alaskan islands"

"Spinosaurus fossil tail suggest dinosaurs were swimmers after all"

"Why losing Arecibo is a big deal for astronomy"

"Astronomers spotted colliding neutron stars that may have formed a magenetar"

"Dog ticks may get more of a taste for human blood as the climate changes"

"Here's why COVID-19 vaccines like Pfizer's need to be kept so cold"

Online interactive review program. Students can access Quizizz online with their school hellgatesd4.k12.mt.us email.

Phet Simulator provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations.

The simulations are written in Java, Flash or HTML5, and can be run online or downloaded to your computer.

Watch this video to get more information on Phet Simulator.

Glencoe Virtual Labs are free, interactive, research-based science simulations. These virtual labs cover concepts in Life, Earth and Physical sciences.

Mystery Science is an online science curriculum that offers students hands on labs and activities.

Students may work on a Mystery Science lab that relates to a specific NGSS science standard, science topic in the news, or a specific science unit that is being taught in the classroom.

Mystery Science is an online tool that can be utilized in the classroom or at home.

Flipgrid is a free video discussion platform that helps educators see and hear from every student in class.

Flipgrid fosters a fun and supportive social learning environment.

Educators post a prompt or assignment and students respond with short videos, whether they are learning in class or at home.

The Merge Explorer is a free app that can be used on an electronic device.

This application provides learning activities and labs that students can explore using their 3D augmented reality merge cube. These cubes will be provided to students during the school year to deepen their understanding of the nature of science.

Students can explore the inner workings of the water cycle, the organs inside a human body, the planets of our solar system and much more!

Padlet is a free online tool where students can post questions, fun facts, or a hilarious science joke!

Padlet will be used as our 'Parking Lot' for student questions. Students are welcome to ask questions about anything they are wondering about that is related to science!

Feel free to scan the QR Code (below) to join the correct Padlet group OR join by using the link attached to Google Classroom.